On Saturday the people of Henley-on-Thames welcomed their Olympic heroes back from Beijing.  Henley is home to Leander Club, the most successful rowing club in the world and their rowers didn’t fail to disappoint this year.  Of the 15 Leander rowers taking part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 13 came home with medals.

With pure blue sky, the celebrations in Henley included a row past, an open top bus tour and a civic reception with local school children.  The bus then returned to Leander for a reception where the members, rowers and their families were treated to cold pints of Henley Gold, a wheat beer brewed by Henley’s Lovibonds Brewery.

Founder and Head Brewer at Lovibonds, Jeff Rosenmeier said, “These guys and girls got a spectacular welcome back to the home of rowing today and they deserved the best pint possible.  The Champions and all the rowers here at Leander continue to inspire us to make Henley Gold with the same passion and dedication that they bring to their craft.”